Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown didn't waste his breath after all.

Boston College's Troy Bell and Duke's Dahntay Jones were among four prospects Brown chastised two weeks ago in a workout.

Turns out Brown provided those players with a preview of his coaching style.

But instead of trading up as Brown warned that day, the team moved down Thursday night in the NBA draft and wound up putting Bell and Jones in Grizzlies uniforms.

The Griz gave the proceedings in New York their first twist when they swapped their first-round picks (No. 13 and No. 27) for the rights to Boston's selections at 16 and 20.

Griz president of basketball operations Jerry West coveted a different player who went in the top 10. Once his bid to move up fell through, West completed the deal with Boston and grabbed "two of the five best athletes in this draft."

Boston received the draft rights to UNLV's Marcus Banks (13) and Memphis recruit Kendrick Perkins (27) from Beaumont (Texas) Ozen High.

"There wasn't a player we loved up there," West said, referring to the 13th pick. "If we waited any longer, we wouldn't have gotten (Jones) at 27. . . . We're going to take the best players, period. We took the best players at 16 and 20 - better than what we would have gotten at 13 and 27."